I'd say Marino will play for Adelaide only if Phillips moves to greener pastures on the east coast..

Ranford and Lindsay wont be there either

watching them on Sunday there seems to be absolutely no love lost between them (Phillips & Marino)

Astute observation 113851 - I like the way you think.

The family harmony has to be considered here. How awkward would it have been for Vince Marino yesterday having to watch his daughter competing against his team.

if vince is a fan of the game then he wouldn't care where his daughter plays, from a coaching standpoint why would Chris bring Angela to the Lightning? she is an average WNBL player and all it would do is be a poor attempt to kiss the bosses butt. Angela coming to play for Adelaide would ruin her reputation as a legitimate bench player and look like the spoiled rich girl whose daddy bought her a basketball team. Angela dont come play for Adelaide too many negatives off court.

the lightning need to concentrate on trying to lure the likes of cayla francis, emma langford, mia newly and martin back to adelaide before looking at at ang IMO

If you look at Angela's results an interesting fact arises - when she plays against any team except Adelaide she has good stats (maybe because Adelaide players have seen her too often in the local comp). When she played for NZ again she had good stats until she played Australia and then she gets destroyed by the likes of Harrower and Poto.
AK-47's comment about 'demanding' the ball at Sturt is not far off the mark. Even at u14 and u16 level the coaches allowed her to do her own thing often to the detriment of the team. Maybe if she had been controlled as a junior she would be a more balanced player now?????
IMO if Adelaide recruited Angela it would be a serious mistake and poor judgement on behalf of the Coach (unless of course he is given no option)!!

totally agree with u patto... Cayla francis and a few of the other AIS players would be great to have back playing in Adelaide.

Anon please don't be so precious. I don't deny the results in junior comp, however, there we other players in those teams who were frustrated at the fact that the coaches allowed her to do her own thing at times when games were there to be won. My comment was that "IF" she had been more controlled (by the coaching staff) as a junior then possibly she would be a more complete player now. You still cannot deny the less than average stats when she plays against Adelaide or Australia.

The other interesting fact is that the coach - Chris Lucas does not rate her.

He has said previously that she will never play for Adelaide.

If he signs her you can be assured it is with pressure from the owner.

Guaranteed

Anon my facts are spot on actualy
I am aware he has coached her before and that is the reason he does not rate her!!!!

He has coached her and had the chance to sign her while coaching at the lightning but was not interested.

Also I think you mean "He coached her" not "her coached her"???

Chris Lucas - not Christine

Exactly im sure that her style of play would not be suited in Adelaide. Chris Lucas obviously doesnt want to sign her and doesnt rate her very highly. If marino did come to Adelaide would she get court time and if so how much?
IMO if Lindsay and Dee arent there then the guard rotation would be Phillips, Foley
Lorenzini, Cannon.
Then hopefully throw in a guard from the AIS.
Your thoughts?

Wait Wait Wait. You're all comparing her to others for a POINT guard spot.

She's NOT. She is as pure a shooting guard as you'll get. (Same mistake is often made with Heal.) She has an awful soft loopy pass, and has never seen a shot she doesn't like.

She presents a coach with some management challenges - so does Lauren Jackson. In fact isn't that the coach's job, managing the players and personalities to get the best as a team.

davoice expresses an ignorant opinion about what her coaches should or shouldn't have done in U14 and U16s. I say ignorant because davoice wasn't there. I believe I know what went wrong in that age group because I was there - and I'm not going to share it with the likes of davoice.

Yes you are right. She is a shooting guard but who would be your shooting guards out of Lorenzini or Cannon?

I find it amazing at the venom in the replies from Anon and Sector 7G. I offered an opinion. Unfortunately when we make comments under an alias people assume that we do not know what we are talking about, do not have basketball experience or that we were not there to see what happened. Anon and Sector 7G appear to be personally involved (at some level) in their defence of Angela. At no stage have I said that she was not a talented player, but, that her talent does not appear to have been channelled towards her being a more "COMPLETE" player. Again, I stand by the facts that her stats are POOR against teams that know her style and how to shut her down (Adelaide and Australia). Readers should not be so precious in their defence of people and should look at ALL the facts/stats.

wow i cant believe anyone could think she wasn't a shooting guard. hence the amount of "shooting".... i know you know what i'm getting at.

davoice, Adelaide and Australia were arguably the best teams in the competitions when she played them. Other "complete" players probably had bad games against the Gold Medallists and eventual world champs!

Yes. Carly has continued to put up good numbers for Perth during a tough year. Just thinking if Marino was taught to play in the point guard position that would surely make her a more complete player. Could she succeed in that position?
Your thoughts once again.

lorenzini over cannon - with the limited time both have had - lorenzini has delivered.

cannon has played div 2 - college ball in usa

lorenzini - is in sapphires, played in 2 champs at dandy (albeit off the bench) and has been very patient off the lightning bench for nearly 2 seasons.

three pearler moves by erin L on the weekend showed her class

(3 pointer, drive with reverse lay up, 3/4 court baseball pass / assist)

ps - the large amount of good the marino clan has done for basketball here - good luck to angela if she plays here.

what her dad has done has been fantastic - we are on track for a championship season here.

who says angela isn't happy in perth anyway - starter there - if she made the roster here it would only be a deep bench spot.

who's to say she would not be at bendigo ?

put down your glasses - this was on ozhoops

"O'Brien listed Wilson, Carr, Marino, along with Melissa Marsh, Christine Boyd, Liz Cooke, Jasmine Finnigan and Melinda Bartlett as "required players" for the Perth program for season 2007/08. "

mmmm interesting to hear that they seem to rate her highly in Perth.

cannon is a local star - but i am not sold yet - needs to show her stuff to me more yet

oral roberts are a mid range div 1 team - she has done a lot more than me with my basketball career - and deserves her dues - just need to see her more

hows her fitness?

she strikes me as a stand out ABL level player - but middle of the road WNBL

IMO

Maybe Adelaide can get Marino on the cheap side?

But I think Vince has to work on Francis AND/OR Bishop for next season, I see a dynasty with those to in the paint.

Definitely! I have seen both of them play and they look to have an enormous amount of talent.

i agree. i coached francis at nationals last year and she was the best kid goin round in australia for her age, and i have coached against abby. that would be awesome if they could both find their way back to adelaide

Pity Abby spent this season elsewhere but hopefully she'll be back in lightning colours.

Did she? What was it that she said?

Anon 788 What a patheitc reply!! Do you really think he cares what you think? He is successful, I would guess you are not!

In the Know it very much depends how you judge sucess really. IMO I have been very sucessful but I know that he hasn't.